Table 5. Percentage of public school districts that used pay incentives for various reasons, by state: 2007

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Table 5. Percentage of public school districts that used pay incentives for various reasons, by state: 2007–08

State	To reward teachers who have attained National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification		To reward excellence in teaching		To recruit or retain teachers to teach in a less desirable location		To recruit or retain teachers to teach in fields of shortage
United States	24.5		10.2		5.7		15.4

Alabama	62.9		5.9		12.7		29.3
Alaska	24.8		2.1		10.5		16.3
Arizona	20.8		46.5		17.7		26.3
Arkansas	46.3		5.3	!	5.0	!	13.5
California	32.8		4.2	!	3.5		13.3

Colorado	19.5		4.7		11.5	!	23.8
Connecticut	19.9		2.2	!	1.0		16.3
Delaware	70.7		26.9		#		9.4
District of Columbia	2.4		76.0		49.0	!	64.0
Florida	66.2		49.0		39.2		51.5

Georgia	61.7		3.9	!	7.9	!	18.3
Hawaii	100.0		#		100.0		100.0
Idaho	37.7		2.3	!	8.5		21.5
Illinois	19.9		1.9	!	0.4	!	5.1	!
Indiana	10.8		4.9	!	0.6		4.1	!

Iowa	14.0		3.2	!	11.9		40.6
Kansas	31.1		3.9	!	6.5	!	17.7
Kentucky	64.2		1.4	!	2.8	!	16.7
Louisiana	70.2		12.6		27.9		31.0
Maine	19.0		2.1		1.3	!	2.8

Maryland	96.0		12.8		21.6		52.6
Massachusetts	10.2		8.6		0.8	!	11.1
Michigan	7.4	!	19.7		8.3	!	3.4
Minnesota	12.8		16.6		1.3		4.8
Mississippi	73.3		2.6		5.5		10.9

Missouri	9.8		4.1		0.4		3.5
Montana	12.6		6.3		5.9	!	8.2
Nebraska	6.4		0.9		1.1	!	10.5
Nevada	74.7		19.0		31.2		49.3
New Hampshire	1.1	!	1.9		1.6	!	18.4

New Jersey	8.2		3.5	!	0.4	!	9.9	!
New Mexico	51.8		7.1		13.6		32.8
New York	28.8		2.6	!	1.9	!	8.7
North Carolina	73.0		32.3		20.8		39.4
North Dakota	6.7		1.6	!	2.9	!	16.7

Ohio	18.2		14.5		1.4	!	7.6
Oklahoma	40.4		10.1		3.9	!	7.9
Oregon	20.1		1.1		1.0		13.7
Pennsylvania	10.7		6.2	!	3.1	!	7.2
Rhode Island	51.7		#		#		2.2

South Carolina	75.3		16.9		23.5		41.8
South Dakota	30.5		8.7		12.3		22.6
Tennessee	22.7		1.9		5.1	!	5.6	!
Texas	9.3		21.3		11.2		37.1
Utah	40.1		34.6		12.8		58.4

Vermont	23.6		4.6	!	#		7.1
Virginia	49.4		13.7		6.3		43.3
Washington	53.6		0.3		1.9	!	7.0
West Virginia	82.1		1.6		6.6		11.5
Wisconsin	16.9		4.3		3.0	!	13.1
Wyoming	71.6		11.8		9.4		27.7
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
NOTE: The 2007–08 SASS sampled all districts in Florida, Hawaii, and Maryland. As a result of sampling, variance estimates for these states are always equal to zero and noted with a dagger (†).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08.

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